AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which AWS service helps you estimate the monthly cost of an architecture before deploying it?
- AWS Cost Explorer
- AWS Pricing Calculator (Correct answer)
- AWS Budgets
- AWS Trusted Advisor
Correct answer: AWS Pricing Calculator
The AWS Pricing Calculator lets you model and estimate costs of AWS services in advance.
Question 2: What is the primary benefit of deploying resources across multiple Availability Zones?
- Lower data transfer costs
- High availability and fault tolerance (Correct answer)
- Faster code deployment
- Reduced IAM complexity
Correct answer: High availability and fault tolerance
Spreading resources across multiple AZs improves high availability and fault tolerance.
Question 3: Which service should you use to set custom cost and usage thresholds and receive alerts when they are exceeded?
- AWS Budgets (Correct answer)
- AWS CloudTrail
- Amazon CloudWatch
- AWS Config
Correct answer: AWS Budgets
AWS Budgets lets you set custom budgets and receive alerts when costs or usage exceed thresholds.
Question 4: Which AWS database service is fully managed and offers single-digit millisecond NoSQL performance at any scale?
- Amazon RDS
- Amazon DynamoDB (Correct answer)
- Amazon Redshift
- Amazon Aurora
Correct answer: Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed NoSQL database with single-digit millisecond performance.
Question 5: What does IAM stand for in AWS?
- Internet Access Management
- Identity and Access Management (Correct answer)
- Infrastructure Automation Module
- Instance Allocation Manager
Correct answer: Identity and Access Management
IAM stands for Identity and Access Management, which controls access to AWS resources.
Question 6: Which service delivers content to users with low latency by caching it at edge locations?
- Amazon CloudFront (Correct answer)
- Amazon VPC
- AWS Global Accelerator
- Amazon S3
Correct answer: Amazon CloudFront
Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network that caches content at edge locations for low latency.
Question 7: Which AWS tool provides real-time guidance to help you follow best practices for cost, security, and performance?
- AWS Trusted Advisor (Correct answer)
- AWS CloudFormation
- AWS Systems Manager
- AWS Inspector
Correct answer: AWS Trusted Advisor
AWS Trusted Advisor inspects your environment and recommends best practices across multiple categories.
Which AWS service helps you estimate the monthly cost of an architecture before deploying it?